Robotech: The Macross Saga: Volume 1 is a graphic novel released by WildStorm Comics in January 2003. It was a coalition of the first Comico adaptations of Macross Saga episodes, as well as the first few pages of Robotech: The Graphic Novel: only showing up to Zor sending the SDF-1 to Earth, then transitioning to the crash-landing of the ship on Earth during the opening of Macross 1: Boobytrap. The lettering in the comics are all re-touched, and the names in Macross 1 are corrected. Bonus pages in the back of issues (fan mail, fan contact info) are omitted. Despite six of these collections being planned, only four were ever released due to unknown reasons.
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Robotech stands as one of the premiere animated sci-fi series of the 1980s, one that helped usher in a new era of cartoons in which drama, romance and character development were as important as action.
This volume collects the first six issues of Comico's initial Robotech series as well as supplemental bonus material in a 176-page trade paperback. Written by Carl Macek and Jack Herman, with art by fan-favorite Dave Johnson, Neil Vokes, Mike Leeke, Reggie Byers, Chris Kalnick and Jeff Dee, and featuring a cover of original series production art, this is the first of six volumes that will reprint the entire Comico run, which itself was an adaptation of the Robotech television series.
This story begins as an alien spacecraft — the SDF-1 — crash-lands on Earth, creating a global impact that leaves humanity waiting for the aliens to return. As mankind prepares to defend itself from an impending invasion and rebuild the SDF-1, the story of Rick Hunter, Lin Minmei, Roy Fokker and others unfolds.